Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith is the spokesperson for the National Police Association and worked as a Chicago cop for 29 years
She says there is no proof that the four Capitol cops who killed themselves did so because of January 6
Two of the cops worked for DC Metropolitan Police Department and had done for 5 and 18 years
She said in that work, they’d have been exposed to ‘lots of crime and depravity’ because DC has high crime
The other two cops worked for the Capitol Police; None of the four who killed themselves left notes or if they did, their families have not disclosed them
Brantner Smith says cops around the country are disgusted by how the four suicides have been politicized
The suicide rate among cops is 17 out of 100,000 whereas in the wider population it is 13 out of 100,000
Brantner Smith says Washington Democrats are only focused on the Capitol cops’ plight because it suits their anti-Trump agenda but that they should widen it to look at cop suicide in general and not just from the riot
